Bernice Ayala Romero
Chula Vista,CA
Summary
Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking, and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Culinary Specialist
U.S. Army
, United States
10.2024 - Current
- Involves baking, frying, braising, boiling, simmering, steaming, and sautéing a variety of foods as prescribed by Army recipes.
- Ensure meals are prepared according to menu plans and make necessary substitutions when required.
- Responsible for maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen and dining environment.
- Involved in ordering, inspecting, receiving, storing, and issuing food supplies.
- Operating, maintaining, and cleaning various kitchen equipment.
- Preparing serving lines, garnishing food items, and serving meals to Soldiers.
- In field environments, responsible for erecting, striking, and storing field kitchens.
- Skills Learned and Developed: Culinary skills, food safety and sanitation protocols, menu planning and execution, inventory management and supply ordering, equipment operation and maintenance, teamwork and communication.
Forestry Technician Trainee
Frenchburg Job Corps
Frenchburg, KY
10.2023 - 10.2024
- Ability to use a weed wacker, leaf blowers, and to use proper maintenance for said tools.
- Ability to assess hazards, overgrown vegetation, and maintain the park's landscape.
- Ensures that the recreation area and trails are maintained following standards.
- Constructs and rehabilitates minor recreation facilities and trails.
- Oversees routine maintenance of trails at dispersed recreation sites, including cleanup and naturalizing.
- Builds trails with gravel and associated materials.
- Restores impacted areas.
- Replaces signage as needed.
- Ensures proper tool maintenance.
- Releases trout into the riverways of the Daniel Boone National Forest in KY.
Painter Trainee
Timberlake Job Corps
Estacada, OR
07.2022 - 10.2023
- Fill cracks, holes, or joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other fillers, using caulking guns or putty knives.
- Read work orders, or receive instructions from supervisors or homeowners, to determine work requirements.
- Cut stencils, and brush or spray lettering or decorations on surfaces.
- Polish final coats to specified finishes.
- Apply primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats.
- Calculate amounts of required materials, and estimate costs based on surface measurements or work orders.
- Apply paint, stain, varnish, enamel, or other finishes to equipment, buildings, bridges, or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.
- Smooth surfaces using sandpaper, scrapers, brushes, steel wool, or sanding machines.
- Waterproof buildings, using waterproofing or caulking.
Education
Trade School in Advanced Forestry -
Frenchburg Job Corps
Frenchburg, KY01.2024
Trade school in Painting -
Timber Lake Job corps
Estacada, OR01.2023
High school -
Chula vista high school
Chula Vista, CA01.2017
Skills
- Conflict resolution and customer service
- Effective communication
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Following directions and problem solving
- Friendly attitude and time management
- Team collaboration and attention to detail
- Physical fitness
Certification
- Culinary Specialist Course, 800-92G10 (NS), 05/01/25, Completing the 92G Culinary Specialist Certification United States Army Quartermaster School, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia
- Personal Finance Management, 03/01/25, By completing the provisions and requirements established in the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Family and MWR Programs, and Team CRG.
- Food Handler Certification, 08/01/24, Demonstrates a food handler's understanding of safe food handling practices.
- Certificate of Completion from the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Job Corps Program, 10/01/23, Completed the PAINTING Pre-apprenticeship Training Program conducted by the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades - AFL-CIO in conjunction with the Job Corps Program.
Additional Information - Additional Skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Able to follow directions
- Problem-solving
- A friendly and positive attitude
- Time management
- Customer and service orientation
- Relationship building
- Attention to detail
- Creative thinking
- Physical fitness
Military Service
Army National Guard, United States, Private, 10/01/24, Present, Food Preparation and Cooking: Involving baking, frying, braising, boiling, simmering, steaming, and sautéing a variety of foods as prescribed by Army recipes., Menu Planning and Adherence: Ensure meals are prepared according to plans and make necessary substitutions., Food Safety and Sanitation: Responsible for maintaining a clean and sanitary kitchen and dining environment., Food Ordering and Inventory: Involved in ordering, inspecting, receiving, storing, and issuing food supplies., Equipment Operation and Maintenance: Operating, maintaining, and cleaning various kitchen equipment., Serving and Presentation: Preparing serving lines, garnishing food items, and serving meals to Soldiers., Field Kitchen Operations: Responsible for erecting, striking, and storing field kitchens.
Timeline
Culinary Specialist
U.S. Army
10.2024 - Current
Forestry Technician Trainee
Frenchburg Job Corps
10.2023 - 10.2024
Painter Trainee
Timberlake Job Corps
07.2022 - 10.2023
Trade School in Advanced Forestry -
Frenchburg Job Corps
Trade school in Painting -
Timber Lake Job corps
High school -
Chula vista high school
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